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Why an orbiting moon station is the worst idea of the new space age

US Vice President Mike Pence says a habitable base orbiting the moon will be built and in use by 2024. It's a pointless distraction, warns Mars Society president Robert Zubrin

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Artificial muscles and prosthetics could be made of gel-infused wood

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Artificial muscles and prosthetics could be made of gel-infused wood

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A 4D-printed model of the Sydney Opera House

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Watch 4D-printed ceramics form elaborate, shape-shifting structures

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Self-healing graphene could make robots that fix themselves with water

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Self-healing graphene could make robots that fix themselves with water

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From Ancillary Justice to Saga, savour the best sci-fi writing

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We might only see time because we can’t think in quantum physics

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We might only see time because we can’t think in quantum physics

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Levitating glass particles are fastest spinning objects ever seen

Space

Levitating glass particles are fastest spinning objects ever seen

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Tiny sensors in your phone could be made from recycled wood

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Tiny sensors in your phone could be made from recycled wood

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Artificial skin grown from spider silk could help heal wounds

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Artificial skin grown from spider silk could help heal wounds

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Don't miss: amateur surgery, aqua-activism and a twisted Turing test

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Don't miss: amateur surgery, aqua-activism and a twisted Turing test

Wield a scalpel under expert direction, discover in a new book how beavers will transform our planet, and join a debate to choose what other worlds to settle

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Is this our first clue to a world beyond quantum theory?

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Quantum dots in brain could treat Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases

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Solar-powered nanotech could automatically defrost your car

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Strange spaghetti crystals shrink when hot and wet

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